Elvis Presley Quotes

Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.

You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.

He who hates vice hates men.

Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty.

Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own.

Do not allow your hatred of a people to incite you not to act equitably.

The act of feeling what you believe other people feel is morally corosive.... If we want to be good and caring people, if we want to make the world a better place, then we are better off withouit empathy.

You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example.

Imagination is the first faculty wanting in those that do harm to their kind.

A healthy-minded boy should feel hearty contempt for the coward and even more hearty indignation for the boy who bullies girls or small boys, or tortures animals.

Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel.

I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being.

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

At the end of the day, the Golden Rule is called the Golden Rule for a reason - do unto others as you would have done to you. In terms of commandments you could probably just do that one and you would be well off. If everybody could adhere to that one, we'd be OK, as long as a masochist wasn't in charge of people.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

Being a good person and fair person is very important in life, I think.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.

I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.

For me, there is only love and fear.